[Noddegamra]

"This "recession" is a God-send for conservatives, because it will force cash-strapped states to start laying off AFSCME, University employees, cut grants and consultant contracts, cut numbers of welfare recipients and grants to non-profits and University academics".


Excellent point but it's starting to raise hell with VA benefits also.

The VA is looking at alot of cut-backs as well but I think they're just cleaning house.

[ArneFufkin]

That's not going to be allowed to be cut back. Perhaps some folks who are sitting in D.C. moving paper here and there will be cut, but the Veteran benefits are funded by special Appropriations Committees of Congress and managed by Special SubCommittees in Congress. States can't play with those bennies.